Blogging Software
15 Stories
A standards truce in the browser war?
News Microsoft has entered into an unlikely partnership with the Web Standards Project, forming a joint task force to get its software up to snuff on standards.
Tags: Standards, Web browsers, Web logs, Antitrust
Salesforce CEO's vision for 'business Web'
News Company unveils further details of new "on-demand" software marketplace, an effort to encourage customers to conduct more business over Web.
Microsoft reaches out to developers with Live
News Software giant launches Windows Live Developer Center to entice coders to write "mashup" apps on its hosted services.
Tags: Web sites, Authoring, Search, Web services
Microsoft launches open source blog platform
News Oxite is aimed at developers and not designed to compete with the likes of WordPress or Movable Type, according to the software maker.
Tags: Server platforms, Content management, Web logs, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Developer, software, Movable Type, blogging software, blogging
WordPress blogs falling prey to worm
News A worm is circulating that posts spam and malware to some blogs using old versions of WordPress. The organization recommends all users upgrade immediately.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web logs, Wordpress, Worm, blogging software, security bug, Web logs, Web 2.0, Web sites
Blogging comes to mobile phones
News A start-up is promising to let users create their own Web logs via SMS and picture messaging, and has said the first services will arrive soon.
XML guru joins Sun software
News Tim Bray, one of the authors of the XML 1.0 specification, becomes technical director in the software group and will work on content syndication and advanced search.
Tags: XML
Sun shuffles software execs
News Aisling MacRunnels takes over software marketing, while predecessor Peder Ulander is now trying to woo start-ups.
Tags: Servers, Storage, Business applications, Leadership
End of the line for PHP 4
News Programmers say they will stop developing version 4 of the software for creating dynamic Web sites, but some who prefer it to the current version are not happy.
Tags: Open source, Object-oriented programming, Programming languages
Week ahead, the week that was
News High noon for Webvan? Also: Covisint test drives a lemon. Plus: Tug McGraw's refrain gets a repeat airing.
Blogosphere suffers spam explosion
News Technology may have made spam in e-mail manageable, but it is not quite there yet when it comes to blogs.
Tags: Data security, Spam and phishing, Security applications/tools, Web logs
Facebook hires an open source advocate
News Prominent open standards advocate David Recordon will join Facebook as senior open programs manager.
Tags: Web 2.0, LiveJournal, Facebook, job, founder, blog, open standard, Web 2.0, board
Web 2.0 potential unmet, say experts
News Technical challenges around security and privacy stand in the way of broader adoption of Web technologies.
Tags: Web sites, Data security
Intruder adds back door to WordPress blog software
News Unknown attacker breaks into a WordPress server and adds a remote control tool to downloadable versions of widely used blogging software.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Hacking, Web logs
Over 100,000 developers snap up iPhone SDK
News Apple announced that 100,000 developers have downloaded a copy of the beta iPhone software development kit, and hinted at future types of applications to come.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Smart phones
